For years, I grew up helping my mother in her garden. Fascinated
with the flowers, the vegetables and the beauty that she tended, yet never
understanding what labor and love went into creating that beauty. Decades
later, I married a King and we relocated to Colorado Springs, where he deployed
to Afghanistan one month after we moved into our first home. My mother arrived
for overall support and hours later, we started on my first four raised garden
beds, made from wooden scraps, given to me by my father-in-law. We spent hours
pick-axing the lifeless, hard, clay ridden earth; adding nutrients as we went.
I poured many hours into those garden beds, that year. Thankful to put my focus
on creating life, instead of placing worry on things I couldn't change. Only
growing the simple basics of tomatoes, squash and beans, I learned the sacrifice,
the labor and the love that went into the gardens my mother tended, when I was
a child.

|| GROWING THE GARDEN ||

Soon, I began to graduate into growing culinary and medicinal
herbs and flowers, combining the hand-dried florals into herbal infusions;
steeping and tasting, finding the best collections of flavors and blending
those with others, per their medicinal and supplemental properties. While I'm
able to grow many herbs, some ingredients cannot be grown at my altitude and
are then obtained from a Certified Organic distributor.
All of our herbal infusions are hand-blended in small batches to preserve
freshness.

This journey has been a delightful, yet heartbreaking challenge,
learning how and what to grow at 6300' at the base of this spectacular mountain
range in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Our weather extremes include destructive
hail, torrential, flooding rains, startling early and late frosts to bone dry,
rainless weeks that include fire danger temperatures. These weather anomalies
have pushed us each year to uncover more efficient ways to protect our hard
work. With the amazing support of my family, we've continued to thrive and we
are beyond thankful.

After my husband returned from deployment and finished out his military career,
we started our own family and the concept of providing my homegrown herbal tea
infusions to more than just family and friends, began to form. After 5 years of
blending teas for our small circle, The
Queen's Teapothecary was launched on August 8, 2015. Since then, our
products are now found on Etsy & Gourmly and our website launched in
February 2016!

|| THE PASSION ||

The Queen's Teapothecary developed from a desire to provide those close to me, safe,
alternative remedies to Western medicine and to bring light into dark places,
offering immunity boosters, calming blends and internal strength builders. In
no way do I assume the place of a doctor, but growing and blending my own
herbal tea, allowed me to assist others in hopes of them feeling more whole
than before. I felt lost and in my darkest hour, this Garden brought me back. I want to enlighten others of the love and
the tender care provided to them, as one would delicately hand-make, love and
care for a Queen's Garden.

~ Mandalyn King ~

"The Queen"

|| THE BASICS ||

Our Artisan, handcrafted teas are met with an elegant and shabby chic, yet rustic touches that are designed, printed and applied with an artist's eye. Each tag is printed and hand~cut, encouraging a delicate & handmade feel. We welcome additions to add a personal touch. Let us personalize a message for you to add to your tea gift, adding a tailored and customized style.

Many of our flowers and herbs are organically homegrown at
6300' in Colorado Springs, Colorado, hand-picked and oven-dried at the peak of
flavor and freshness and stored in airtight containers until ready for use. Any
flower or herb not grown in-house, is acquired from a certified, organic distributor.

All of our herbal infusions are hand-blended in small batches
to preserve freshness. We welcome custom
and personalized orders.

Contact us to put together an elegant, handmade gift
or memorable event favor!